Senior Software Development Engineer

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Job Summary

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will take ownership of complex software workstreams and lead the development of robust, scalable services to operationalize healthcare interoperability. You will work with minimal supervision to design resilient solutions in a cloud-native environment, mentor peers, and collaborate across teams to ensure our clinical data exchange is seamless. You are a champion for clean code, technical excellence, and the "design first" approach within the healthcare ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable microservices and APIs, optimizing for performance, low latency, and security.

• Lead efforts to operationalize and standardize data exchange using FHIR, HL7, and event-driven patterns.

• Champion best practices for unit testing, integration testing, and Domain Driven Design (DDD) to maintain system integrity.

• Collaborate with Product Owners and UX designers to refine requirements for high-impact interoperability initiatives.

• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and pair programming, fostering a collaborative learning environment.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience building large consumer-facing products and optimizing distributed systems in the cloud.

• Proficiency in JVM-based technologies (Java/Kotlin), .NET, and threading/memory management concepts.

• Strong track record of working with GitHub and implementing automated SecDevOps and CI/CD workflows.

• Expertise in MongoDB performance optimization and event-driven architecture (Kafka).

• A growth mindset and a desire to work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) or advanced healthcare data formats.

• Expertise in event sourcing or functional programming concepts.

Anticipated Weekly Hours

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Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. 
 

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.

• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.

• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

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